The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-06-11
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, June S.-Laborcrs are AT
work In one of the court yards OF the treas
ury building excavating for the new vault
for which congress appropriated 9.',otV,
This will be the largest single money Vaui,
known. 1t Is to be large enough 70 hoiu
one hundred million silver dollars, ana its
full capacity will doubtless be tested oy
the constant accumulation from an annual
PRODUCTION of not less than twenty.iour
millions of dollars.
The structure Is TO be entirely under
pround: nothing to appear on the surface
~ indicate the depository of so much
wealth. The vault will he lined with an
iron case and will be divided into sixteen
compartments, separated by iron la.'ioe
partitions There are to be no Dark corners
In this building; the open lattice work Is
adapted so that the eye can range throTsn
all the compartments at one glance me
entrance will be through the sub oasemen.
of the treasury building, which Is az All
times thoroughly guarded, and do.en
different men will be required to open the
vault. several series of unlocking being
necessary, aud one person will only nave
the secret of one combination lock. All
the known checks and securities Will De
applied, and by means of clockwork ana
electricity there will be some OF the iocks
which will open at certain hours ot tue
day only to the treasurer OF the on''e
States.
The silver dollars In their new habitation
will be piled up In canvas bags hoioins
81 900 each, one on top of the others as Il
now done In the existing vaults.
The recent deaths, so close together, Oh
two prominent journalists, remiHds one OF
the deep swathe that has so lately been Gu,
into the profession of journalism. It's ou'
brief period since Adams of the Wash
ington Star, and Billy Copeland OF the n
| Y. Jouraal Of Commerce, were taken aihos
with pencil in hand, so suddenly the sum
mons came; and all these mentioned were
not only connected by the hoods or feilow
shin incident to common brotherhood
hut we're more intimately associated by tle'
of closest friendship.
| A prominent politician and member o
congress now in the city, says that Tor nlh'
months in the year Washington Is the pref
TEST and pleasautest place in the country
and only needs better hotel accommod
lions and large hall suitable for conven
lions TO make it the very place tor III
neyt and succeeding National conventions
a. the nhvsical beauties of Washington
are already beginning to be appreciated ..
the country, a glance at the eHor's penn
made In the direction OF moral cieahiihes
and beauty in the Nations Capl'ai "oVi'
rot be amtss
The Wom:u's Christian Temperate
Union has become a power In the IAN.
and by means of their steady adherence
welldevised plans of action, and Oh PEI
sistence strikingly illustrative or their c c..
age In attempts to ameliorate the cohaiio
OF their fellow beings-the women Oh I'M
citv have at last succeeded In entirely CLIO
ling the bar 70 ms here on Sunday, not onl
/ In name but in fact. They are also no
epgsged In An endeavor to suppress IA
). exhibition of questionable pictures used
n advertising, which while they attract III
!. ave and thus serve their purpose, also exc
y a more baleful influence In leading ID
e Imagination of our youth Tito evil channel
Q AProbation Agency, for the oeneht
|. first offenders, has been recently es'a
l. Ilished, whereby unfortunate youths WI
have been brought before the police cou'
NAV be afforded an opportunity OF bette
I. ling themselves, thus Withholding iro
\. them the stigma of conviction OF Grim
a. and sentence to association with criminal
h and endeavorlng to procure honest emplo
Dt ment for those In need.
IS A Women's Refuge is In successful o
"a Grafton, also, where any may ind W.
]. looming smile and helpful hand. we ma
"a cause for cougratulation, that there Is
much of good In humsnity, and NAV i =,
live in an age of charitableness for the 81
NJ ner as well AZ of reprobation for the SIM